On 6/17/2015 10:15 AM, La Mirada wrote:
> On 6/17/2015 2:08 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On 6/17/2015 9:36 AM, sf wrote:
>>> On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:28:33 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 at 5:50:43 AM UTC-10, sf wrote:
>>>>> A friend is asking "What's the secret in making Hawaii style "moist"
>>>>> banana pie? I've never heard of it, but I'd never heard of bone in
>>>>> brisket until yesterday either. Do we know it by another name? Any
>>>>> tips to pass along?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> sf
>>>>
>>>> My guess is that it's different from an American banana pie in that
>>>> it's not a cream pie but pretty much an apple pie using bananas. I
>>>> had a banana pie for my birthday. I'm not a fan of the pie but
>>>> anything is better than having cake for one's birthday. I hate eating
>>>> cake on my birthday!
>>>
>>> Yes, he said it's a two crusted pie like an apple pie. He says what
>>> he has attempted has been dry. I can't imagine a dry banana pie, but
>>> I'd never imagined a two crusted pie before he asked, so that one goes
>>> in the bone-in brisket column. Two new things in two days! I wonder
>>> what I will learn about tomorrow?
>>
>> What I'd do is make a gel out of cinnamon, sugar, corn starch, and lemon
>> juice. Just cook that on the stove, add the bananas and then fill and
>> bake the pie. OTOH, I don't think a banana pie should be all drippy like
>> an apple pie. OTOH, the guy has got to make the pie according to what
>> his mind's eye sees.
>>
>>>>
>>>> The Hawaiian banana pie probably has it's origins from the Chinese.
>>>> Most of the ones that I've seen were done in a Chinese style.
>>>>
>>>> http://allrecipes.com/recipe/royal-hawaiian-pie/
>>>
>>> Thanks, I'll pass this on to him. He's like you, raised in Hawaii...
>>> except he left, not sure at what age.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I fried up some canned biscuits last night. That oil was some raunchy
>> stuff! No matter, you coat those things with sugar and it's all good. My
>> wife took most of it to work. I asked her how it was. She said she gave
>> one to my son who was working with her and when she turned around, it
>> was all gone. Her co-worker said it was good stuff. I told my wife not
>> to tell anyone what it was - that's gonna spoil everything!
>
>
> Apparently those canned dough products have 3 tears to get all their
> trans fat out according to the latest FDA ruling.
>
> The get away with 1/2 a gram as zero now due to rounding down.
>
>

This is why I never read the ingredients on a can of biscuits!